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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Emerging growth company ☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

ITEM 4.01.         CHANGE IN REGISTRANT’S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT

 

On June 22, 2021, following a competitive request for proposals process, the Audit Committee (the “Audit Committee”) of the Board of Directors of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the engagement of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, subject to completion of PwC’s standard client acceptance process and execution of an engagement letter, and dismissed Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.

 

The reports of EY on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.

 

During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 and the subsequent interim period through June 22, 2021: (i) the Company had no disagreements (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) with EY on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to EY’s satisfaction, would have caused EY to make reference thereto in its reports on the Company’s financial statements for such years, and (ii) there were no “reportable events,” as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

 

The Company provided EY with a copy of the disclosures required by Item 304 of Regulation S-K contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K and requested that EY furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether EY agrees with the above statements made by the Company in this Current Report on Form 8-K and, if not, stating the respects in which it does not agree. A copy of EY’s letter, dated June 28, 2021, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 and the subsequent interim period through June 22, 2021, neither the Company nor anyone acting on the Company’s behalf consulted PwC regarding: (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to the Company that PwC concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing, or financial reporting issue, or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions or a “reportable event” described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

 

 

(d)           Exhibits.         

 

16.1         Letter of Ernst & Young LLP, dated June 28, 2021

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized on the 28^th day of June 2021.